List of flight attendants

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This is a list of notable flight attendants.


On August 9, 2010, Steven Slater gained immediate global fame when he claimed he was injured by the luggage of a passenger whom he had confronted on an arriving JetBlue flight at New York's JFK Airport for disregarding his order to remain seated. Passengers dispute his account of this confrontation. As the incident continued, he cursed at the passengers over the aircraft's public address system, grabbed a beer, opened the evacuation slide and left the aircraft. He was later arrested and charged with several crimes. [6] [7]

On August 30, 2014, Robert Reardon of Delta Air Lines retired at the age of 90 after having eclipsed Ron Akana of United Airlines as the world's longest serving flight attendant and also having been the world's oldest active flight attendant. Reardon said the timing of his retirement was "not of his choosing." [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Michelle Higgins (2012-03-17). "63 Years Flying, From Glamour to Days of Gray". The New York Times . Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  2. ↑ AVIATION: Another First TIME, January 6, 1958
  3. ↑ "History of PIA". August 2, 2009. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009.
  4. ↑ "FSF Heroism Award". August 2, 2009. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009.
  5. ↑ Reuters Staff (May 2, 2019). "Thailand's new queen: flight attendant to bodyguard to royalty". Reuters. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  6. ↑ Barash, Stephanie (August 10, 2010). "Enraged JetBlue Flight Attendant Set Free On Bail". WPIX, Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2010. Steven Slater, 38, was arraigned Tuesday morning before Queens Criminal Court Judge Mary O'Donoghue on charges of first-and second-degree reckless endangerment, second-and fourth-degree criminal mischief and third-degree criminal trespass. Slater, of Belle Harbor, Queens apparently lost his cool after getting into a heated argument with a passenger. He slide down the emergency chute and ran to his parked car. Police later tracked him down at his Queens home where he was apparently engaging in sex
  7. ↑ Miller, Michelle (August 12, 2010). "Slater's Story Discredited by JetBlue Fliers". CBS News. Retrieved August 12, 2010. Slater said he was injured by a passenger who slammed an overhead door on his forehead. Several passengers saw the injury, but none saw how it happened. "When I first saw it, I thought he had just cut his head and was on his way to the bathroom to wash it and Band-Aid, and he didn't, and I thought that's weird; something's not totally right here," passenger Katie Doebler said
  8. ↑ Riegler, Paul (August 31, 2014). "World's Oldest Active Flight Attendant to Retire". Frequent Business Traveler. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
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